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Infinity Instructors
Alyssa
Studio Director
Link to bio: About | Infinity Dance Academy, LLC
Competition Team Manager
Valerie
Valerie dove deep into the study of contemporary dance, improvisation, ballet, choreography, and hip hop as a student at Western Washington University. In June 2020, she earned her BFA in Dance and BS in Psychology. Prior to Western, she trained in and performed contemporary, ballet, jazz, hip hop, musical theater, and tap with Allegro Performing Arts Academy in Kent, WA. Valerie also works as a choreographer for professional musical theater shows in Bellingham.
Valerie is excited to encourage dancers to build a strong technical foundation, explore new and exciting ways to dance, and get in touch with their own unique movement style and artistry.
Marketing Coordinator
Rebecca
Rebecca discovered her passion for dance in the 8th grade. She trained at Infinity throughout her high school years, dedicating herself to a variety of styles including ballet, pointe, contemporary, and jazz. While at Infinity, Rebecca was able to share her love of dance with others through teaching classes at the studio.
Wanting to further her training and knowledge in dance, Rebecca studied in Central Washington University’s dance program where she gained valuable experience performing with the Orchesis Dance Company. Additionally, Rebecca furthered her ballet training at Central Washington Dance Academy, performing in their ballet production of Sleeping Beauty.
Currently, she is pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Dance at Western Washington University. Her college business classes allow her to further her understanding of the crossover between the dance and business fields. She loves using her growing knowledge to coordinate marketing for Infinity.
Zoe
Zoe started dancing when she was three years old and has been with the same studio ever since. She has taken ballet, jazz, contemporary, pointe, tap and more. For seven years, she was a part of the competition and performance teams with Infinity. She started choreographing solos about three years ago and started teaching classes one year ago. She got into teaching by assisting many years alongside another teacher, and has since stuck with it. Zoe played the character Joy in our 2021 spring performance of “Inside Out” along with other characters in our past shows. Zoe loves getting to know the students, working with them, and helping them grow into better dancers!
Phox
Phox began dancing at the young age of 2 and continued their training for 17 years. Ballet, tap, jazz, musical theater, lyrical, pointe, contemporary- you name it, they’ve done it! Phox trained at their home studio, Donna Mueller’s School of Dance, in a small town in Illinois, going on to train under many different instructors all over the United States. Two of the biggest influences they trained under were Angie Sellers and Sarah Jo Fazio. Phox began as an assistant teacher and has been teaching various styles independently for 4 years, including training competitive teams. Phox is excited to continue to learn from their students and help them grow and thrive as best as they can!
Erinn
Erinn began dancing at the age of 4 at “Dance Fusion” in Las Vegas, NV. Since then, they have studied tap, ballet, pointe, jazz, contemporary, musical theatre, heels, and hip hop. For 13 years, they danced competitively throughout the southwest U.S. Erinn has won many titles including Miss Dance America 2018 and a KAR Dance People’s Choice Award. They also trained at a variety of conventions from industry-level dancers and choreographers such as The Rockettes, Mandy Moore, and Bonnie Story throughout their years dancing. They have been teaching dance for 3 years now.
Erinn is looking forward to teaching artistry and to foster an environment of positivity and hard work!
Kaesey
Kaesey Van Dyken is a mom of 4, hobby farm owner, and lover of anything related to dance and getting your body moving. She was an avid dancer in elementary and middle school when she then switched to cheer where she enjoyed the camaraderie of the team mixed with aspects of dance. Kaesey enjoyed coaching cheer at NVHS for three years where she enjoyed putting on mini-cheer camp each year and teaching dance routines. Along with coaching of the cheer squad, she has also coached many preschool to elementary sports teams and loves teaching and training little minds! She is excited to be back sharing her love of movement and dance specifically with little ones!
Loke
Loke was born and raised in Southern California where she began her dance journey at the age of 5. Loke grew up dancing at Nonosina Polynesia under the direction of Tiana Nonosina Liufau. It was at Nonosina where she discovered the beauty of her own Polynesian Culture and Dance. Loke also found herself growing interest in Hip-Hop. Her teaching experiences come from co-teaching with her sisters at ALHS and the Inland Conservatory of Performing Arts. At Utah Valley University, she became a D1 athlete in Volleyball and Rugby all while continuing her career in Polynesian and Hip-Hop dance. Loke was a part of UVU's Cultural Envoy Leadership Program and was the Assistant for the Pacific Islander Section. She carries her culture, her people and her knowledge with her as motivation to be better and humble. Loke loves teaching, performing and creating.
Jessica
Jessica Whitesell is a dancer from Denver, Colorado. She is a senior at Western Washington university, pursuing a bachelor's degree in geology. She has been dancing since she was 6 years old, training intensively in Vaganova ballet, modern, jazz, contemporary, musical theatre, and other various styles through the years. At age 13, she joined a pre-professional division company at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities at which time she became an assistant teacher, and later a substitute teacher. Her experiences instilled a love of teaching in her, which has encouraged her to dance in college, and attend masterclasses in many varieties of dance in order to learn new techniques and teaching styles to share with the next generation of dancers.
Maliah
Maliah Palmer is a senior at Lynden High School. She has been dancing at Infinity Dance Academy the last 14 years and has begun teaching in the last year. She teaches ballet, tap, and jazz. She also is involved with community theatre around Whatcom County and has begun choreographing for performances here in Lynden. She loves getting to continue her love for dance by inspiring others and sharing the joy of it. She is looking forward to another great session and continued growth here at her second home.
Lucretia
Lucretia was introduced to dance at 7, learning tap, jazz, and ballet. She began assisting other students at 12 and began teaching 25 years ago.
She has been a part of Susan Vaughn School of Dance, A Gift of Dance, and Infinity Dance. She has performed in countless recitals and multiple Nutcracker productions. Lucretia has participated in Chicago National Association of Dance Masters conventions many times in Chicago and completed Dance Masters of America certification in Buffalo. Her focus is on the fundamentals, providing developing students structure to carry them through their dancing adventures.
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